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Scorpion, lit by ultraviolet light, Peruvian Amazon. Scorpions (and some other arthopods) fluoresce under UV light.

Female wandering spider (Ctenidae, possibly a stongly-venomous Phoneutria sp.), warning a photographer to back away from her egg sac.

Juvenile Amblypygid, aka tailless whip scorpion. These arachnids look intimidating, but are completely harmless unless you're a moth or a cricket (Heterophrynus elaphus, Peruvian Amazon).